atom 0.3.6

A safe abstraction around AtomicPtr
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extern crate atom;

use std::sync::Arc;
use std::thread;
use atom::*;

fn main() {
    // Create an empty atom
    let shared_atom = Arc::new(Atom::empty());

    // set the value 75 
    shared_atom.swap(Box::new(75));

    // Spawn a bunch of thread that will try and take the value
    let threads: Vec<thread::JoinHandle<()>> = (0..8).map(|_| {
        let shared_atom = shared_atom.clone();
        thread::spawn(move || {
            // Take the contents of the atom, only one will win the race
            if let Some(v) = shared_atom.take() {
                println!("I got it: {:?} :D", v);
            } else {
                println!("I did not get it :(");
            }
        })
    }).collect();

    // join the threads
    for t in threads { t.join().unwrap(); }
}